Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0835606910 ISBN13: 9780835606912 Release Date: May 1993 Publisher: Quest Books (IL) Length: 286 Pages Weight: 1.50 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 10.0" John Anthony West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accepted as dogma concerning Ancient Egypt. In this pioneering study West documents that: Hieroglyphs carry hermetic messages that convey the subtler realities of the Sacred Science of the Pharaohs. Egyptian science, medicine, mathematics, and astronomy were more sophisticated than most modern Egyptologists acknowledge. Egyptian knowledge of the universe was a legacy from a highly sophisticated civilization that flourished thousands of years ago. The great Sphinx represents geological proof that such a civilization existed. This revised edition includes a new introduction linking Egyptian spiritual science with the perennial wisdom tradition and an appendix updating